Andrea Palladio~ Architect who derived his inspiration from the Ancient Greek

1. Andrea Palladio1508-1580

2. ~Andrea diPietrodella Gondola was discovered at about the age of 30, by poet and patron, GiangiorgoTrissino, who took his protege to Rome. There the young stonecutter took the name Palladio, and soon became hugely popular with local patrons, labourers, craftsmen and Venetian nobility.

3. ~Renaissance architecture ~ratio and proportion ~harmonic proportions ~Geometry ~design theory ~classical architecture What do I think of, when I hear the Name “Palladio?”

6. BasilicaPalladiana

8. The Breakers of Palm Beach~Dining Room~

9. Turin, ItalyGuarino Guarini begun 1668; finished 1687

10. The Four Books on Architecture

11. The Palladian Window

13. Sources:~http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jan/05/architect-andrea-palladio ~http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/439923/13348/Villa-Rotonda-near-Vicenza-Italy-by-Andrea-Palladio-1550-51 ~http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redentore02.jpg ~http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/McGrawHill/atchitecture/f0698-01.png ~http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/G/9/t/palladianarches-at.jpg